The Ultimate Goal
In this advice sent to a new student, Rinpoche explains the ultimate goal of the Buddhist path, which is to bring every sentient being to enlightenment.
My very dear one,
Thank you very much for your kind letter. I am very happy to receive your letter, which shows you have very strong karma to practice Buddhism, which makes life most beneficial, not only for you but for all sentient beings.
Buddhism reveals the correct path to achieve happiness – all the happiness of future lives, especially ultimate happiness, liberation from samsara, and enlightenment – and all the realizations, and perfect cessation of all the mistakes and defilements of the mind.
Not only that, with this achievement you are able to liberate numberless hell beings, preta beings, animals, human beings, sura beings, and asura beings.
With this achievement you are able to have happiness in all future lives, and, a more important service than that, you are able to bring each and every single being from each realm to everlasting liberation and full enlightenment.
This is the ultimate goal of our life, why we took rebirth. This is just an introduction for you.
With much love and prayers, and please make your life most meaningful with bodhicitta.
Lama Zopa